Posts by: Germaine

It’s been a while since I completed a sewing project, and lately I’ve been itching for something to make that I could finish in an evening. Inspiration came to me – quite unexpectedly – when I was browing the Hanna Andersson…

I woke up feeling uncommonly good today. I guess I should have recognised it as a kind of foreshadowing. As per my standard weekday operating procedure, I stumble-tripped into the kitchen for my bowl of cereal, and came face-to-face with my…

Much has been said in the wake of Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s passing. One of the more cynical responses from those of my demographic seems to be: “Why should I cry? He wasn’t my Ah Gong.” This got to me because it…

AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER. — Terry Pratchett (@terryandrob) March 12, 2015 To me, the great thing about Terry Pratchett​’s stories is that they didn’t just give us magic. They enabled us to create magic of our own, through…

Travelling with a one-year-old is kind of complicated. On one hand, you have a baby who’s old enough to take in what’s going on around her, so that makes the travel somewhat more fun than it would’ve been with, say, a…